Drought resilience - General issues

The list below are general issues to consider to increase the resilience of WASH systems.

Drought Cycle Management and project cycle

• Institutional
  • Introduce DCM into all NGO programming in drought-prone areas so that money is invested where it should be, rather than being diverted for emergencies.
  • Access donor funding that supports longer project durations for drought contexts the technical side of implementation not rushed.

Adopt and implement Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

• Financial -
• Institutional -
• Environmental -
• Technical-

Adopt principles of adaptive management in planning WASH approaches

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• Institutional -
• Environmental -
• Technical-

Strategy specific to pastoralist and agropastoralist areas

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Operation and maintenance

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Maximize and build on existing knowledge and resources

Demand-responsive approach and ownership of technology and structures====

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• Institutional -
• Environmental -
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Improve involvement of women

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• Institutional -
• Environmental -
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Promote economic use of water

allow for different management options of water systems, consider private sector====

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• Environmental -
• Technical-

Give preference to decentralized rainwater harvesting systems

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Technical expertise and piloting new techniques

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• Technical-

Mix & match

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